Delight

Delight thyself also in Jehovah; And he will give thee the desires of thy heart.

But his delight is in the law of Jehovah; And on his law doth he meditate day and night.

Jehovah thy God is in the midst of thee, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will joy over thee with singing.

But the meek shall inherit the land, And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, If thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents. — read the full passage →

He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me.

Oh send out thy light and thy truth; let them lead me: Let them bring me unto thy holy hill, And to thy tabernacles. — read the full passage →

Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.

but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he hath understanding, and knoweth me, that I am Jehovah who exerciseth lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith Jehovah.

For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and he shall not be. — read the full passage →

Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction. — read the full passage →

Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in lovingkindness.

then shalt thou delight thyself in Jehovah; and I will make thee to ride upon the high places of the earth; and I will feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.

Thy testimonies also are my delight Andmy counsellors. ד DALETH.

I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, As much as in all riches. — read the full passage →

I delight to do thy will, O my God; Yea, thy law is within my heart.

Thou shalt surely tithe all the increase of thy seed, that which cometh forth from the field year by year. — read the full passage →

Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah of hosts. — read the full passage →

Even so, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, and the holy of Jehovah honorable; and shalt honor it, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: — read the full passage →

Sacrifice and offering thou hast no delight in; Mine ears hast thou opened: Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not required. — read the full passage →

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.

Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; For thy law is my delight.

Teach me, O Jehovah, the way of thy statutes; And I shall keep it unto the end. — read the full passage →

O Lord, open thou my lips; And my mouth shall show forth thy praise. — read the full passage →

And he said to him also that had bidden him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor rich neighbors; lest haply they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. — read the full passage →

The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent’s food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith Jehovah.

For Jehovah taketh pleasure in his people: He will beautify the meek with salvation.

And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and soul: and not oneof themsaid that aught of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

The proud have forged a lie against me: With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts. — read the full passage →

For then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, And shalt lift up thy face unto God.

For, behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water; — read the full passage →

They only consult to thrust him down from his dignity; They delight in lies; They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. [Selah

Then will I go unto the altar of God, Unto God my exceeding joy; And upon the harp will I praise thee, O God, my God.

Thou wilt show me the path of life: In thy presence is fulness of joy; In thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

And Samuel said, Hath Jehovah as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

But godliness with contentment is great gain:

For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is become so, ye make him twofold more a son of hell than yourselves.

and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; But they that deal truly are his delight.

I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah; And thy law is my delight.

I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. ג GIMEL.

Will he delight himself in the Almighty, And call upon God at all times?

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, — read the full passage →

Rejoice in the Lord always: again I will say, Rejoice.

Now to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but as of debt. — read the full passage →

Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil. — read the full passage →

Righteous lips are the delight of kings; And they love him that speaketh right.

Then I was by him, asa master workman; And I was dailyhisdelight, Rejoicing always before him, — read the full passage →

Jehovah taketh pleasure in them that fear him, In those that hope in his lovingkindness.

Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; Yet thy commandments are my delight.

Their heart is as fat as grease; But I delight in thy law.

And I will delight myself in thy commandments, Which I have loved.

And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king’s son-in-law.

If Jehovah delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it unto us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.

And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter: and he was honored above all the house of his father.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.

And he that sent me is with me; he hath not left me alone; for I do always the things that are pleasing to him.

Sell that which ye have, and give alms; make for yourselves purses which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief draweth near, neither moth destroyeth.

And he saith unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy words were unto me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by thy name, O Jehovah, God of hosts.

Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and declare unto my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins.

And all thy children shall be taught of Jehovah; and great shall be the peace of thy children.

Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

They that are perverse in heart are an abomination to Jehovah; But such as are perfect in their way are his delight.

A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.

Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; For therein do I delight.

Praise ye Jehovah. Blessed is the man that feareth Jehovah, That delighteth greatly in his commandments.

In the multitude of my thoughts within me Thy comforts delight my soul.

Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds, The multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples, Trampling under foot the pieces of silver: He hath scattered the peoples that delight in war.

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness. — read the full passage →

As for the saints that are in the earth, They are the excellent in whom is all my delight.

O my soul, thou hast said unto Jehovah, Thou art my Lord: I have no good beyond thee.

For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing That he should delight himself with God.

And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not deal with her as a slave, because thou hast humbled her.

Only Jehovah had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all peoples, as at this day.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.

Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;

He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: He taketh no pleasure in the legs of a man. — read the full passage →

Praise ye Jehovah; For it is good to sing praises unto our God; For it is pleasant, andpraise is comely.

Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place In all generations. — read the full passage →

Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise thee.

Oh taste and see that Jehovah is good: Blessed is the man that taketh refuge in him.

Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honor? Now Haman said in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honor more than to myself?

And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path.

And Hannah prayed, and said: My heart exulteth in Jehovah; My horn is exalted in Jehovah; My mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; Because I rejoice in thy salvation.

And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And Jehovah showed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, — read the full passage →

And Jehovah thy God will make thee plenteous in all the work of thy hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, for good: for Jehovah will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers;